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NOVA; Do We Really Need the Rockies

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Series

NOVA

Program

Do We Really Need the Rockies

Program Number

712

Series Description

Premiered March 1974 NOVA is a general-interest documentary series that addresses a single science issue each week. Billed as "science adventures for curious grown-ups" when it first aired in March, 1974, NOVA continues to offer an informative and entertaining approach to a challenging subject. 1996 marked NOVA's 23rd season, which makes it the longest-running science program on national television. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won every major television award, most of them many times over. Series release date: 3/3/1974

Program Description

Locked in the shale of the Western Rocky Mountains is more oil than in the Middle East--more than enough to solve our dependence on foreign crude oil. But will shale oil solve our gasoline shortage, or will it simply turn the Rockies into a gigantic industrial zone? NOVA explores the promise and the problems of shale oil.

Duration

00:60:00

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Genres

Documentary

Topics

Science

Citation

Chicago: “NOVA; Do We Really Need the Rockies,” WGBH Media Library & Archives, accessed October 19, 2017, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_BEF8CA407A38477889787C70E38302D6.

MLA: “NOVA; Do We Really Need the Rockies.” WGBH Media Library & Archives. Web. October 19, 2017. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_BEF8CA407A38477889787C70E38302D6>.

APA: NOVA; Do We Really Need the Rockies. Boston, MA: WGBH Media Library & Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_BEF8CA407A38477889787C70E38302D6